Re: Elizabeth Corcoran on MS Stealth PR

[Paul Rickard <msbc@abctec.com>]

Christopher Blizzard wrote:
> 
> A couple of hundred million?  Oh, my aren't you being conservative.  :)

	Well, I AM a conservative kinda guy...

> 
> http://www.microsoft.com/msft/ar97/financial/income.htm
> 
> They spent 1.9 billion in R+D and 2.8 billion on sales and marketing in
> 1997.

	When I started writing the message, I originally thought to say 'a
couple billion' but then told myself that figure couldn't be right. Next
time I'll stick to my instincts (and/or memory) and ignore my doubts.

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